Famous Planets OXP - Revision history

Cholmondely: Updated link, tweak

2026-06-29T14:59:06Z

Updated link, tweak

Cholmondely: Added Larais example & Anaconda Cruise Liners, tweaks, removed OXP box (no music, no HUD, etc.)

2026-06-29T14:19:46Z

Added Larais example & Anaconda Cruise Liners, tweaks, removed OXP box (no music, no HUD, etc.)

Cholmondely: /* Musings */ Added icon for PF2

2025-07-30T12:19:07Z

‎Musings: Added icon for PF2

Cholmondely: Added summary at page top

2025-07-13T11:59:03Z

Added summary at page top

Cholmondely: /* Download/Installation */ New version

2025-06-25T16:12:31Z

‎Download/Installation: New version

Cholmondely: /* Links */ Added more

2025-06-22T06:35:50Z

‎Links: Added more

Cholmondely: Corrections and clarifications

2025-04-25T06:06:49Z

Corrections and clarifications

Cholmondely: /* Musings */ Added annotated New Cargoes icon

2024-06-16T13:15:16Z

‎Musings: Added annotated New Cargoes icon

Cholmondely: Updated page to reflect 2024 irrelevance of changes to v.2.5!

2024-05-08T10:46:59Z

Updated page to reflect 2024 irrelevance of changes to v.2.5!

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-02-29T01:43:00Z

Updating BB links

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 ==Overview==
-[[image:Newdes.png|400px|right|Example of a ''Famous Planets'' description on the F7 screen]]
+[[image:Newdes.png|400px|right|thumb|Example of a ''Famous Planets'' description on the F7 screen]]
-This OXP adds descriptive texts to the [[F7 page (data on "system")|F7 screen]]. These expand on the original ([[Galactic Catalogue]]) descriptions and include elements from Oolite fiction.
+This OXP adds descriptive texts to the [[F7 screen (data on "system")|F7 screen]]. These expand on the original ([[Galactic Catalogue]]) descriptions and include elements from Oolite fiction.
 *The descriptions tie in with the Povray Planets textures.

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-Fleshes out some systems, based on Oolite [[Lore]]
+Fleshes out some systems, based on Oolite [[Lore]] - ties in with other Lore-based OXPs
-[[image:Promov27.jpg|600px|center]]
+[[image:Promov27.jpg|500px|right]]
-__NOTOC__
 ==Overview==
-{{Infobox OXP| title = Famous Planets
+[[image:Newdes.png|400px|right|Example of a ''Famous Planets'' description on the F7 screen]]
-|image =
+This OXP adds descriptive texts to the [[F7 page (data on "system")|F7 screen]]. These expand on the original ([[Galactic Catalogue]]) descriptions and include elements from Oolite fiction.
 This OXP works in tandem with the Povray Planets set that you can read all about in [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11594&hilit=povray+planets this thread.] The Povray Planets OXPs include the original FP textures.
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 <br>
-[[image:Newdes.png|400px|right|Example of a ''Famous Planets'' description on the F7 screen]]
+[[File:Larais (Vanilla game).png|160px|right|thumb|Vanilla game "Larais" - "This world is a revolting dump"]]
 == Changes from older versions==
 *Textures: The textures themselves are not in this oxp anymore. Those textures are now in the Povray Planets OXP (it makes the updating process easier if one need not download massive texture files as well when only the textual descriptions have been tweaked!).
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 == "Povray Planets" Planetary Textures OXPs ==
-Includes/updates the original Famous Planets textures. Download the '''original textures''' from [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11594 here]. One set for each galaxy. Note that there are two different renderings of the first galaxy, this link only gives the later version which is a different vintage from the other seven galaxies.
+The [[Povray Planets]] planet textures includes the ones from the original versions of Famous Planets. They are designed to match the Famous Planets descriptions - see the Larais examples on the right!<br>
 == Famous Planets Liners OXP ==
-This is still available here: [[Famous_Planets_Liners_OXP|Famous Planets Liners]] add-on OXP. This is not the same as the [[Liners]] oxp - ''Famous Planets Liners'' runs liners along the four trade routes in Galaxy 1.
+This is still available here: [[Famous_Planets_Liners_OXP|Famous Planets Liners]] add-on OXP. This is not the same as the [[Liners]] oxp - ''Famous Planets Liners'' runs Anaconda passenger liners along the four Spaceways in Galaxy 1.
 == Requirements ==
-* Latest version needs Oolite v1.77
+* Latest version needs Oolite v1.77 (But [[Planetfall2 OXP]] - for named landing sites - requires at least Oolite v.1.90).
 * No dependencies.
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 *''Proof reading planetary text and/or manual: Cody, Disembodied (Galaxy 1), Cim, UK Eliter, Allikat, Drew Wagar (Galaxy 2), Snork''
 *''Coding/testing and compiling: Submersible, Thargoid, Cmd. Cheyd, Svengali, Lestradae, UK Eliter'
+=== Version 3.0 ===
 == Musings ==
 [[File:New Cargoes icon.png|right |link=New Cargoes|Famous Planets adds valuable information for New Cargoes]]
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 [[User:Stranger]] has since produced his [[Famous Planets Overhaul (FPO)]] oxp's. They add another 100-odd textures for galaxies 1 & 2 and are massive. They also contain the original music. Also see [[FPO Lave]] & [[FPO Zaonce]] - which are in the [[Expansions Manager]].
-Stranger is allegedly adding to his FPO. There is also the new alpha version of [[Life in the Frontier]] which might include some of the Famous Planets F7 screen descriptions in the on-station experience (Disembark and meet a feline from a sky-city in Zarece, for example)!
+Stranger is allegedly adding to his FPO. There is also the new alpha version of [[Life in the Frontier]] which might eventually include some of the Famous Planets F7 screen descriptions in the on-station experience (Disembark and meet a feline from a sky-city in Zarece, for example)!
 == Tweaks ==

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 == Musings ==
-[[File:New Cargoes icon.png|right |link=New Cargoes|Famous Planets adds crucial information for New Cargoes]]
+[[File:New Cargoes icon.png|right |link=New Cargoes|Famous Planets adds valuable information for New Cargoes]]
 Adding depth to planets started with Murgh's [[Lave OXP]] & [[Diso OXP]]. [[Tianve OXP]] then followed with its Pulsar. There was also the [[Rough Guide]] providing a bit more lore for other planets.

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		+	Fleshes out some systems, based on Oolite [[Lore]]
	[[image:Promov27.jpg\|600px\|center]]		[[image:Promov27.jpg\|600px\|center]]
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__

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 == Download/Installation ==
 *Downloadable through the in-game [[Expansions Manager]].
 *Or download in OXZ format [[Media:Famous_Planets_2.7.oxz|here]] for Oolite 1.79 or later (downloaded {{#downloads:Famous_Planets_2.7.oxz}} times).
 * Download and install the Povray sets if you also want to ''see'' the Famous Planets (rather than just read about them!).

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 == Links ==
-*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5011 BB Thread]
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5011 BB Thread (Original Launch in 2008 - and current matters)]
 *A number of the later planet pages in the [[Rough Guide to the Ooniverse]] are based on the Famous Planets descriptions.
 *Author: [[User:P.A. Groove|P.A. Groove]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:15, 16 June 2024
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	== Musings ==		== Musings ==
		+	[[File:New Cargoes icon.png\|right \|link=New Cargoes\|Famous Planets adds crucial information for New Cargoes]]
		+
	Adding depth to planets started with Murgh's [[Lave OXP]] & [[Diso OXP]]. [[Tianve OXP]] then followed with its Pulsar. There was also the [[Rough Guide]] providing a bit more lore for other planets.		Adding depth to planets started with Murgh's [[Lave OXP]] & [[Diso OXP]]. [[Tianve OXP]] then followed with its Pulsar. There was also the [[Rough Guide]] providing a bit more lore for other planets.

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 |author = Pagroove
 }}
-This OXP adds descriptive texts to the F7 screen. These expand on the original descriptions and include elements from Oolite fiction. This OXP works in tandem with the Povray Planets set that you can read all about in [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11594&hilit=povray+planets this thread.] If you have the Povray planets set then you also SEE the original textures. This new version no longer includes the 40-odd textures (but Povray has 256 individual textures for ''every'' main planet in the galaxy!).
+This OXP adds descriptive texts to the F7 screen. These expand on the original ([[Galactic Catalogue]]) descriptions and include elements from Oolite fiction.
 I hope you have fun with it. I'm glad it's released.
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 *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bq-R0jWnA Youtube promo video]
-Note: this does not include any changes to the Vanilla game description of Lave (see [[Lave OXP]] for that).
+Note: this no longer includes any changes to the Vanilla game description of Lave (you need [[Lave OXP]] for that).
 ==Features==
-*The unique planetary textures for 89 planets throughout Galaxy 1 and Galaxy 2 are now in the Povray Planets OXP. To see the textures you need the '''Povray Sets''' also (see below).
+*The unique planetary textures for 89 planets throughout Galaxy 1 and Galaxy 2 are now in the Povray Planets OXP. To see these textures you need the '''Povray Sets''' also (see below).
 *More Planet descriptions for the F7 screen than in v 2.5. Also some famous places in other galaxies get some text (especially Galaxy 7). Many descriptions are true to the described planets in Drew Wagar's novellas [[Status Quo]] and [[Mutabilis]]. Others are short extracts from the excellent [[Rough Guide]] by Disembodied that can be found on the wiki. Further descriptions were contributed by many others (see credits).
 <br>
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 [[image:Newdes.png|400px|right|Example of a ''Famous Planets'' description on the F7 screen]]
 == Changes from older versions==
-*Textures: The textures themselves are not in this oxp anymore. Those textures are now in the Povray Planets OXP (it makes the updating process easier if one need not download massive texture files as well when only the textual descriptions have been tweaked!). To see the textures you need the Povray Sets also.
+*Textures: The textures themselves are not in this oxp anymore. Those textures are now in the Povray Planets OXP (it makes the updating process easier if one need not download massive texture files as well when only the textual descriptions have been tweaked!).
 *Music: The music packs have also been taken out of the 2009 version of this oxp (10 tunes for the first 10 famous planets - Diso, Isinor, Lave, Leesti, Lerelace, Reorte, Teraed, Tianve, Tionisla & Zaonce - and a general Oolite tune). I want to make some new music and/or make a hyperradio station pack for the [[Hyperradio js OXP|Hyperradio OXP]] by Svengali.
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 Adding depth to planets started with Murgh's [[Lave OXP]] & [[Diso OXP]]. [[Tianve OXP]] then followed with its Pulsar. There was also the [[Rough Guide]] providing a bit more lore for other planets.
-PAGroove's Famous Planets was a massive attempt to add colour to every planet in the Galaxy, starting with his initial 10 and then expanding along Trade Route 1 to Tianve, to number around 40. He then added another 40 in Galaxy 2. By this stage, Famous Planets was a monster - over 300Mb, in the early days when it took yonks to download! Submersible then started his Povray Planets which provided high-res textures for every main planet in Galaxy 1 (and, eventually the other 7 galaxies too). PAGroove's Famous Planets textures were added to Povray, and this made the new OXP smaller, especially when the music was removed. This is what is now on the Expansions Manager.
+PAGroove's Famous Planets was a massive attempt to add colour to every planet in the Galaxy, starting with his initial 10 and then expanding along Trade Route 1 to Tianve, to number around 40. He then added another 40 in Galaxy 2. By this stage, Famous Planets was a monster - over 300Mb - in the early days when it took yonks to download! Submersible then started his Povray Planets which provided high-res textures for every main planet in Galaxy 1 (and, eventually the other 7 galaxies too). PAGroove's Famous Planets textures were added to Povray, and this made the new OXP smaller, especially when the music was removed. This is what is now on the Expansions Manager.
 [[User:Stranger]] has since produced his [[Famous Planets Overhaul (FPO)]] oxp's. They add another 100-odd textures for galaxies 1 & 2 and are massive. They also contain the original music. Also see [[FPO Lave]] & [[FPO Zaonce]] - which are in the [[Expansions Manager]].
-Stranger is allegedly adding to his FPO. There is also the new alpha version of [[Life in the Frontier]] which should include some of the Famous Planets F7 screen descriptions in the on-station experience (Disembark and meet a feline from a sky-city in Zarece, for example)!
+Stranger is allegedly adding to his FPO. There is also the new alpha version of [[Life in the Frontier]] which might include some of the Famous Planets F7 screen descriptions in the on-station experience (Disembark and meet a feline from a sky-city in Zarece, for example)!
 == Tweaks ==